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No matter how realistic modern games can be, there are still a few patchy areas where things just don’t add up. Here I’ll list 50 funny examples of video game logic.

1. Red Dead Redemption


John Marston is a one-man army, but he dies the second he touches the water
John Marston drowns

2. Batman Arkham Series


Batman vows never to kill anyone, but he’s fine with absolutely crippling them through intense and brutal combat.
Batman fight scene

3. Assassin’s Creed Series


If you view a synchronization point and jump 10 stories down, no one bats an eye. However, if you start scaling a chest-high wall, people lose their minds.
Climbing a wall

4. Resident Evil 4


The president’s daughter has been kidnapped, but instead of sending a covert team of experts, you send one guy with a pistol and hope for the best.
The guy with a pistol

5. Wolfenstein: The New Order


B.J. spends years in a coma, yet once threatened by an enemy, all of his muscle mass and combat skills come back instantly.
Wake up from coma

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6. Splinter Cell


Try to be quiet as you can and blend in with the shadows. Never mind those 3 glowing green lights bobbing and weaving in the air.
Stealth combat

7. Dishonored


Corvo has been framed for the murder of the Empress. The only way to prove his innocence? Murdering people.
Prove his innocence

8. Final Fantasy VII


When Aerith dies, Cloud can’t use phoenix down to revive her?
Death of Aerith

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9. Batman Arkham Series


Batman doesn’t fool around unless he’s making sure his explosive gel is in the shape of a bat before triggering it.
Batman's explosive gel

10. Sonic


Sonic can break the sound barrier, but he can’t catch Eggman?
Sonic chasing Eggman

11. The Evil Within


You can carry multiple weapons and more, but only 5 matches?
Can only carry 5 matches

12. Skyrim


The lute player in the inns will play the lute even if the building is completely on fire.
The Lute Player

13. Skyrim


Eating 50 loaves of bread can heal you in the heat of battle with a tough foe
Eating loaves of bread

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14. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater


Change camouflage in seconds to accommodate any area.
Camouflage change

15. Skyrim


You can pickpocket ghosts
Pickpocket ghosts

16. Fallout


All of your limbs are crippled? Just find a bedroll and nap for one hour, it’ll heal you right up 100%.
One hour nap

17. Grand Theft Auto


You’re able to just waltz up to a police officer brandishing an RPG without batting an eye
GTA game logic

18. Halo


Master Chief has a super-suit fitted for a super-soldier. But he can’t swim?
Master Chief can't swim

19. Far Cry


If you fall off of a building, you better heal. However, your character will start to remove a bullet from their body.
Far Cry healing

20. Fallout


Usually you picture master locked doors as finely sealed. But what about when they’re half busted doors that you can see through?
Fallout out game logic

21. Call of Duty


Supersoldiers in super suits are the future, however, they can only sprint for a few seconds?
Supersoldiers

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22. Mario


Can take Bowser by the tail and throw him with superhuman strength. However, if Mario touches a turtle, he crumbles.
Mario Brothers game logic

23. Assassin’s Creed III


The crew of the ship trusts you with destroying ships even though you have no prior experience on the sea whatsoever.
no experience required

24. Fallout


Bandits and more will bravely charge you even though you’ll be wearing unique power armor and wielding a laser weapon.
Bold bandits

25. Call of Duty


Worried about dying after getting riddled with bullets? No worries just hide behind a box for 5 seconds. Good as new!
Hide behind a box

26. God of War


Kratos is a god killer and can do anything. However, he can’t open a wooden door.
Can't open a wooden door

27. Gears of War


You are soldiers on a completely deprived planet and yet you keep amazing muscle mass and protein intake to maintain a burly physique.
Buff soldiers

28. Pokémon


A bottle of water heals more hit points than an actual HP potion
Healing potion

29. Tomb Raider


You are the first person to explore this tomb in hundreds of years. Except you’ll find a machine gun upgrade waiting inside.
Machine gun

30. Grand Theft Auto


You can have a 6-star wanted level and be hounded by the army, but they’ll leave you alone if you take a nap in your apartment for a bit.
Need to rest

31. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker


Big Boss uses his lost eye to look through the iron sights of his rifle
Big Boss

32. Pokémon


You’re a young adventurer, fighting monsters and humans. However, if you come across a small shrub in your path, you’re going to need a Pokémon to bypass it.
Need pokemon's help

33. Grand Theft Auto


You can go into the barber bald, but leave with an afro
GTA Afro hair

34. Pokémon


Professor Oak gladly and willingly gives 10-year old’s monsters who can set fire to things. Where are the parents?!
Pokemon

35. The Sims


Meet your neighbor at noon, by 9 P.M., you’ll be married with one child
Family life

36. Skyrim


Defending villagers from a dragon? Better not accidentally hit a chicken, or else you’re going to become public enemy number one
Don't hit the chicken

37. Just Cause


Riding a shot propane tank into the stratosphere
Riding on a propane tank

38. Frogger


You can fall in the water and die. Since when do frogs die in water?
Frog dies in water

39. Armor for women in games leave wide open areas for their cleavage


Bare armor

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40. The Last of Us


Joel willingly punches infected enemies when the plague is spread through physical contact
Joel punching infected enemies

41. Halo


Master Chief can fall thousands of feet, burn up upon re-entry into the atmosphere, but if he falls 50 feet, he’ll die.

Master Chief falls and dies

42. XCOM


A crack-shot team of super soldiers deployed to eradicate the aliens on earth. However, they miss a ton of easy shots.

Super soldiers fighting aliens

43. Super Smash Bros./Mario


Princess Peach can beat everybody but allows Bowser to kidnap her anyway.

Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach

44. Batman


Batman is a billionaire superhero with state-of-the-art gadgets but can’t cut through a flimsy chain-link fence.

Billionaire superhero

45. Left 4 Dead


The characters emphasize being quiet, and especially not shooting a car to activate its alarm. However, they’re using pipe bombs and automatic weapons.

Stealth games using loud weapons

46. Mortal Kombat


When sub-zero freezes someone in midair, the laws of gravity no longer apply.

Defying gravity

47. Stealth games


Enemies can be really stupid. In Splinter Cell, an enemy could be hunting you relentlessly, but then mutter ‘hm, must have been nothing.’

Splinter Cell funny game logic

48. Animal Crossing


While you’re working off your debt to Tom Nook, everyone else is just lazing about the town. Where are their jobs? Are you the only working stiff?

Lazing around town

49. Dungeons and Tombs


Nothing like cracking open an ancient tomb, which hasn’t been explored in centuries, only to find it perfectly lit with candles.

Well lit tombs

50. The Sims


You can be abducted by aliens and impregnated. The catch is, you need to be a man for this to happen.

Alien impregnates a man

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Written by Bryan W. - Updated on December 20, 2020

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